Sweet Charity (1969)

Comedy Music Romance Drama Directed by Bob Fosse
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Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

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  1. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
    "Sweet Charity is a formal adaptation of Nights of Cabiria — Bob Fosse's 1969 musical retains Cabiria's structure of a kind-hearted woman repeatedly betrayed by men who claim to love her, transposed from postwar Rome to 1960s New York. The screenplay credits the Fellini film as source." source

Influenced

  1. All That Jazz (1979)
    "Also directed by Bob Fosse, this film showcases his distinctive choreography and storytelling style, elements that he further developed in "All That Jazz."" All That Jazz %28film%29 Wikipedia

Sweet Charity (1969), directed by Bob Fosse, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including Nights of Cabiria — and has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as All That Jazz. Check out the citations below.